-αράς

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Greek

Etymology

Intensifier, inherited from Byzantine Greek -αρᾶς (-arâs),[1] also -αράς (-arás).[2] From the neuter diminutive -άρι(ν) (-ári(n)) + masculine augmentative ending -ᾶς (-âs).[3] E.g. παλληκάρι(ν) (pallēkári(n), “braveheart”) > παλληκαρᾶς (pallēkarâs) or παλικαράς (palikarás).

Suffix

-αράς • (-arás) m (feminine: -ού (-oú) neute: -άδικο (-ádiko) and colloquial -ούδικο (-oúdiko))

  1. intensifier added to nouns which derive from nouns, verbs or verbal derivatives:
    ‎χορεύω (chorévo, “dance”) + ‎-αράς (-arás) → ‎χορευταράς (choreftarás, “great dancer”)
    ‎Έλληνας (Éllinas, “Greek”) + ‎-αράς (-arás) → ‎Ελληναράς (Ellinarás, “ultra Greek, obsessed with being Greek; -here, ironic-”)

Declension

Endings for the three genders of the noun, as in the similar adjectives:

Declension of -αράς
number 
case \ gender  		singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative -αράς • -αρού • -αράδικο • / -αρούδικο • -αράδες • -αρούδες • -αράδικα • / -αρούδικα •
genitive -αρά • -αρούς • -αράδικου • / -αρούδικου • -αράδων • -αρούδων • -αράδικων • / -αρούδικων •
accusative -αρά • -αρού • -αράδικο • / -αρούδικο • -αράδες • -αρούδες • -αράδικα • / -αρούδικα •
vocative -αρά • -αρού • -αράδικο • / -αρούδικο • -αράδες • -αρούδες • -αράδικα • / -αρούδικα •

Synonyms

  • -άρας (-áras) (augmentative for proper masculine names)
  • -αρος (-aros) (as augmentative)

Antonyms

Derived terms

Greek terms suffixed with -αράς

References

  1. ^ -αράς - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  2. ^ The Cambridge Grammar of Medieval and Early Modern Greek. (2019) by David Holton, Geoffrey Horrocks, Marjolijne Janssen, Tina Lendari, Io Manolessou & Notis Toufexis. Cambridge University Press. 4 vols. DOI - intro §2.2.1.
  3. ^ "-αρας", in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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